15 European Data Governance & MDM vendors.
Data Governance & MDM: Data catalogues, lineage, data quality, ownership and master data management. Below, every vendor in the knowledge base headquartered in the EU or the EEA, each checked by us for headquarters, owner, hosting and licence. Non-European vendors are listed at the bottom with a link to their European alternatives.
46 vendors in total: 15 European, 25 American, 6 other; 14 open source. Last checked: 6 October 2026.
Why this matters for digital sovereignty
Data governance and MDM systems contain metadata and master records that reveal an organisation's full structure and customer relationships, making them an attractive target. Check where this catalogue is hosted, who ultimately owns the vendor, and whether open-source self-hosting is available.
European vendors
- BiG EVALSelf-hosted / open source
BiG EVAL is a Swiss (Kloten) data-quality and test-automation platform that validates ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehouses and migrations.
Switzerland
- CluedInEU sovereign
Graph-native master data management platform using AI agents for entity resolution and data governance.
Denmark
- Data Contract CLISelf-hosted / open source
Open-source command-line tool (MIT licence) to create and validate 'data contracts', preventing changes in production systems from unexpectedly breaking downstream reports. Developed by consultants at INNOQ (Germany).
Germany · open-source
- DataedoEU sovereign
Polish on-premise tool for documenting enterprise databases, building data dictionaries and mapping data lineage. Active since 2013.
Poland
- DataGalaxyEU sovereign
French platform (Lyon) for data catalog and data governance, founded 2015.
France
- DawexEU sovereign
French pioneer in data exchange and data marketplaces, aligned with the European data strategy and the EU Data Act. Active since 2015 (Lyon).
France
- DawisoEU sovereign
Czech data governance platform and data catalog, available as SaaS or on-prem.
Czechia
- eccencaEU sovereign
Enterprise knowledge graph platform for semantic data governance, integration, and machine-readable knowledge management.
Germany
- KensuEU sovereign
Data observability platform tracking data lineage, quality, and dependencies for data science governance.
Belgium
- SAP Master Data GovernanceEU sovereign
German solution (SAP) for centralized master-data management and governance within the SAP landscape.
Germany
- SiffletEU sovereign
Data observability and governance platform combining data quality monitoring, cataloging, and end-to-end lineage.
France
- SodaEU sovereign
Belgian (Brussels) data quality and data observability platform, with open-source Soda Core.
Belgium
- Stibo SystemsEU sovereign
Danish, family-owned (Stibo A/S) market leader in master data management, active since 1794.
Denmark
- UniservEU sovereign
German (Pforzheim) company for customer and master data quality, DACH market leader in address management.
Germany
- ZeeneaEU-hosted, non-EU parent
French (Paris) metadata and data catalog platform; owned by HCLSoftware (parent HCLTech, India) since September 2024.
France · owner in India
Non-European vendors in this category
For each vendor, the page with European alternatives and the sovereignty profile.
- Non-EU vendorAcceldataUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorAlationUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorAnomaloUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Self-hosted / open sourceApache AtlasUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Self-hosted / open sourceApache KnoxUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Self-hosted / open sourceApache RangerUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorAtaccamaCanada · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorAtlanSingapore · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorAWS Glue Data CatalogUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorBigIDUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorCKANUnited Kingdom · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorCollibraUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorDataHubUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorDeequUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorGoogle Cloud DataplexUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorGreat ExpectationsUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorIBM InfoSphere Information Governance CatalogUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorInformatica MDMUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Self-hosted / open sourceMagdaAustralia · 8 EU alternatives
- Self-hosted / open sourceMarquezUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorMicrosoft PurviewUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorMindsDBUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorMonte Carlo DataUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorOctopaiIsrael · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorOpenMetadataUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Self-hosted / open sourceOpenRefineUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorPanderaUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorPrecisely (Data Integrity)United States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorProfiseeUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorSemarchyUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorSolidatusUnited Kingdom · 8 EU alternatives
Frequently asked questions
Which European Data Governance & MDM vendors are there?
The knowledge base lists 15 European Data Governance & MDM vendors, including BiG EVAL, CluedIn, Data Contract CLI and Dataedo. Every record is checked for headquarters, ultimate owner, hosting locations and licence.
Are there open-source options for Data Governance & MDM?
Yes. Open-source Data Governance & MDM software from Europe includes Data Contract CLI; you can self-host it with the encryption keys under your own control.